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Tailored business communications solutions
vendor Annodata has made two new
board appointments, moves which they
say strengthen their commitment to the
business communications marketplace.
Mike Mason has been appointed as Managing
Director of its Unified Communications and
Collaboration (UCC) business and Martin St
Quinton has taken on the role of Non-Executive
Chairman, replacing David Fielden who has served
in this role for the last 13 years and remains as a
Non-Executive Director.
www.annodata.co.uk
Annodata strengthens
board
Single source supplier
Spicers has partnered with Westcoast to offer an extended range of products and services to
customers from a single source. The collaboration will use Spicers’ network of regional distribution
centres, allowing for a more extensive range of products - including Westcoast’s full portfolio of EOS
inks and toners, as well as hardware, software and accessories – to be delivered by Spicers in the
same delivery as its office products.
www.spicers.co.uk www.westcoast.co.uk
Cloud print solution
ProcessFlows has signed an agreement with
US print solution developer PrinterOn to
supply mobile printing solutions for Android,
Blackberry, iPhone & iPad in the UK.
Commercial Group, the independent
business service specialists based in
Cheltenham, is celebrating after winning the
Guardian Sustainable Business Award for
Innovation, under the category of Employee
Engagement, for its Green Angels initiative.
Now in their third year, the Guardian
Sustainable Business Awards highlight innovation
and impact in corporate sustainability and enable
organisations to showcase best practice to inspire
others to take up the mantle. The judging panel felt
that Commercial Group had “taken sustainability to
the heart of the business” and that the “impact of
the initiative was clearly quantified”.
Green Angels was launched by Commercial
in 2006. Every four months a new team of six
employees is set up to think of creative ways
to support the company’s CSR (corporate social
responsibility) programme which includes ten
Commitments. At the end of the each term, the
Green Angels pass their wings to their successors.
Green Angels has directly reached over 97%
of staff and achieved dramatic successes. These
include reducing waste contaminants by over
80%; achieving Zero Waste; introducing Angel
Days for staff to give time to good causes; creating
maps of the local area to promote a healthy
lifestyle; and launching pool bikes booked out like
meeting rooms. The programme has saved nearly
£500,000 and helped the company to grow by
50% since 2006.
The scheme was created by co-founding
director of Commercial, Simone Hindmarch-Bye,
who said: “This initiative is being championed by
staff, for staff. I am extremely proud of the tenacity
of the team; and the glowing endorsement for all
that the teams have achieved over the years.”
www.commercial.co.uk
Spicers’ New Talent
Academy
Spicers’ New Talent Academy (NTA),
a service created by P1 Training and
Development as a vehicle for Spicers’
dealers to recruit and train new sales
talent, has seen more than 70 new recruits
through its door in just 18 months,
generating in excess of £4m of new
business sales for dealer partners.
Following the success of this initiative, which,
according to Sales and Marketing Director Tom
Rodda was originally targeted to recruit and train
100 sales professionals in three years, Spicers has
introduced an extended programme.
In partnership with P1, the New Talent
Academy is being expanded to include
recruitment and training across all business
functions including marketing, finance, customer
service, IT and commercial support.
P1 has expanded the team, appointing Dougie
Ford and Caroline Jay to deliver support across
HR, telemarketing and change management. It
is also placing more emphasis on training and
support for managers and has developed a
variety of training programs to suit the different
disciplines.
Rodda adds that Spicers has developed a P1
Credit Service giving dealers access to a £24k
credit facility. “Dealer partners signing up to
the programme will invest £2k per month: once
enrolled they will have immediate access to
the full credit facility which can be used over a
12-month period, thus enabling them to expand
by recruiting new talent straight away,” he said.
The programme, which is open to all Spicers’
supporting partners, will launch in Q3.
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